{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-and-judicial-offices-act-2022/section-70",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/7",
  "legislation_title": "Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-and-judicial-offices-act-2022",
  "path": "section/70",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Meaning of “a judicial scheme” etc",
  "text": "(1) “A judicial scheme” means—\n(a) a judicial 2015 scheme, or\n(b) a judicial legacy scheme.\n(2) “A judicial 2015 scheme” means—\n(a) the Judicial Pensions Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/182), or\n(b) the Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. (N.I.) 2015 No. 76).\n(3) “A judicial legacy scheme” means—\n(a) a judicial legacy salaried scheme, or\n(b) the judicial legacy fee-paid scheme.\n(4) “A judicial legacy salaried scheme” means—\n(a) an existing scheme (within the meaning of PSPA 2013) mentioned in any of paragraphs 2 to 11, or paragraph 15, of Schedule 5 to that Act (judicial schemes), or\n(b) an existing scheme (within the meaning of PSPA(NI) 2014) mentioned in paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to that Act (judicial schemes).\n(5) “The judicial legacy fee-paid scheme” means the scheme constituted by Parts 1 to 11 of the Judicial Pensions (Fee-Paid Judges) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/522).\n(6) This section has effect for the purposes of this Chapter.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 70 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 131(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 70 in force at 4.7.2023 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2023/746, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/7/section/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:57:27.065737+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}